The sophistication of foods

Human nutrition and the sophistication of foods and feeding habits; some observations, implications, and speculations.

Even the " intelligent, highly reactive personality " must, 30mehow, come to terms with his environment by a process of mutual interaction, failing which the result can only be withdrawal, which may well be an element in psychopathology. This may be the reason why genius is so often associated with disease and must therefore be regarded as abnormal. It is, of course, not necessarily the "health...

Simplicity: the ultimate sophistication.

Efficient movement underpins all great sporting performances. When performed by an expert, complex movements can appear effortless, almost simple; as Leonardo Da Vinci stated, “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. Dynamic control of movement is also central to safe sporting function and is dependent on the sophisticated integration of a range of factors including environment, nature of t...

The Evolution of Strategic Sophistication

Abstract. This paper investigates the evolutionary foundation for our ability to attribute preferences to others, an ability that is central to conventional game theory. We argue here that learning others’ preferences allows individuals to efficiently modify their behavior in strategic environments with a persistent element of novelty. Agents with the ability to learn have a sharp, unambiguous ...

M-sophistication

The m-sophistication of a finite binary string x is introduced as a generalization of some parameter in the proof that complexity of complexity is rare. A probabilistic near sufficient statistic of x is given which length is upper bounded by the m-sophistication of x within small additive terms. This shows that m-sophistication is lower bounded by coarse sophistication and upper bounded by soph...

Sophistication Revisited